Neurodivergence Acceptance

Autistic Advocate with other mental health conditions. Special Interests: astrology, buddhism, tarot, personality types, tattoos, and pokemon.

[Neurodivergence Acceptance @Neurodivergenc2]

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[Dani Beneviento 🧸M3GAN's Best Friend @candyredterezii]

my pronouns are she, but not her. I could never be her.

[beccamals @beccamals]

College applications were so wild like??
“Trauma dump for our board of complete strangers. 500 words or less and make it inspiring lmfao”

[Nicole Lee Schroeder, PhD @Nicole_Lee_Sch]

It bothers me to no end that unis have "Special Ed" classes and programs but no Disability Studies classes. Teachers need to learn to promote disability justice rather than learning to perpetuate able-bodied centering of disability issues. #AcademicChatter #DisabilityTwitter

[Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield]

Why is it assumed that it is perfectly acceptable to make disabled people wait?

[Neurodivergence Acceptance @Neurodivergenc2]

Here is more of my work, $10 per piece!! :)

[Neurodivergence Acceptance @Neurodivergenc2]

Here are the paintings I've been working on. Each piece is between $10-15!!

[Neurodivergence Acceptance @Neurodivergenc2]

Hey all, I am back!!! I've been painting lately and of course got a new job so I have been busy.

[Pavan 💙 is a Swiftie @AutisticPb]

It’s absolutely ableist to think that #autistic people shouldn’t get adjustments just because the non-autistic people who don’t require adjustments aren’t getting them. #Autism #ActuallyAutistic

[Neurodivergence Acceptance @Neurodivergenc2]

@HesterGrainger To summarize my opinion on it as an autistic person, when has autism "research" actually helped us? And when has searching for a genetic cause improved our quality of life? Autism speaks has done nothing but boost fear mongering narratives, why would I trust a study ran by them?

[Ryan Hendry @RyanTalksAutism]

As usual, @commaficionado ‘s contributions to this sorry saga has been absolutely on point, and I have to include this.

Check his feed out, because there’s so much good stuff on there that it’s impossible for me to link to it all.

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[Ryan Hendry @RyanTalksAutism]

Why would a man who has seemingly dedicated his career to curing autism, suddenly work with an organisation that claims to be against doing that?

The fact that @Spectrum_10K are trying to airbrush this man’s previous work also invites further suspicion.

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[Ryan Hendry @RyanTalksAutism]

So, to sum up. The man jointly in charge of the entire #Spectrum10k project has worked for a group called ‘Cure Autism Now’ and considers Autism a “disease”.

So why on earth would he work with #Spectrum10k , who claim that the goal is not to “cure” Autism?

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[Ryan Hendry @RyanTalksAutism]

Here’s another;

“His work focuses on identifying genetic factors that cause ASD and then using this knowledge to understand the mechanism of the disease.”

Disease.

Disease.

He views Autism as a disease.

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[Ryan Hendry @RyanTalksAutism]

“He guided development of the Autism Genetic Resource Exchange, founded by Cure Autism Now, and now a program of Autism Speaks.”

So the man in charge of integrity for this study has worked for ‘Cure Autism Now’.

Well, that’s pretty explicit what his goal is.

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[Lauren C. @Lau_Cob_]

@paulawright I have quite a fair bit of knowledge in that regards, being a PhD candidate focusing, amongst others, on psychoneuroimmunology. I am also autistic. Improving the wellbeing of autistics does not require a DNA sample. It requires social and environmental adjustments.